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    Any particular trick to getting the new fuel door hinges to actually attach to the body? I got the hinge to seat properly in the door itself, and it fits into the square openings in the body, but it won't snap in and stay.

    Any tricks anyone knows of to get this thing to actually stay on the car?

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    Quote Originally Posted by 6670charger View Post
    Any particular trick to getting the new fuel door hinges to actually attach to the body? I got the hinge to seat properly in the door itself, and it fits into the square openings in the body, but it won't snap in and stay.

    Any tricks anyone knows of to get this thing to actually stay on the car?
    Hmm, I just did this the other day and had no trouble...

    Aha, here it is.
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    http://dd.jpn.org/BMW_HP/20080417/index.shtml
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    They should just snap on, really. The hard part is taking it out without breaking the tabs, but that's been figured out, in Engrish too :

    from Shogun : FIXES - BODY

    Oh, and maybe try to put it in when the flap is in the open position. I think that's what I did last time.
    Last edited by BMWDriver; 04-20-2011 at 08:21 PM.

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